It goes without saying how much we had been anticipating our trip to Beaver Camp. It was supposed to be the highlight of my Mom's visit. It was supposed to be our time away as a family to kind of regroup, and a time away as a new family of 8 for the first time. He decided to take all 4 oldest kids to Beaver Camp, in the hopes that we would join them by mid-week. Well, we know how that worked out!
It ended up being a very challenging time. Guess who wins Dad of the Year? Ben, of course! Since he had to play the role of both Dad and Mom to 4 kids 24/7. For 5 days he got them up, got them dressed, fed them, entertained them, trained them, put them to bed and everything in between, all. by. him. self. Pretty impressive, don't you think? I don't even do it all by myself for so long! It was a growing and stretching time, to say the least.
So here we have the pics I got from his phone. Not much description. Not much required. All snap shots of a loving Dad who did his best and loved his oldest 4 kids giving himself tirelessly to them!
He humbles me. His energy and his enthusiasm seem boundless in comparison to his love for us!